New Delhi, Dec. 4 -- Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim on Thursday announced that Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir has been suspended from the party. "We noticed that one of our MLAs from Murshidabad suddenly declared that he would build the Babri Masjid. Why suddenly Babri Masjid? We already warned him. As per the decision of our party, TMC, we are suspending MLA Humayun Kabir," Hakim said.

The Calcutta High Court is scheduled to hear on Friday a public interest litigation concerning the TMC MLA's remarks about rebuilding the Babri Masjid. The matter will be taken up by the Chief Justice's Division Bench.

Notably, the TMC leader has spent more time away from the Mamat Banerjee-led party than he did as a part of it.

Humayun Kabir has been...